All Boots articles – Page 33
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OpinionBleak house
A recent piece by Germaine Greer (pictured) celebrating her “friend” Ted Cullinan must have proved a challenging read for the RIBA Gold medal winner.
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OpinionAll mapped out
Among the ideas presented to the Green Dragons Den at the RIBA Small Practice conference last week was one by architect Amenity Space which proposed making building blocks of old Ordnance Survey maps.
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Bite the bullet
It may have pleased the train spotters, but putting a life-sized model of a Bullet train at the new Ebbsfleet station has given London & Continental Railways architect Andrew Lansley a bit of a headache.
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Women’s work
Two wives are better than one was the overriding message the audience took away from Richard Rogers’ recent talk at the RIBA.
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In the thick of it
Good to see Scottish watchdog Architecture & Design Scotland is on the ball.
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Dread moment
Never let it be said that Birmingham City Council isn’t down with the kids. At the launch of its central library design competition, suited and booted council chiefs invited rapper Dreadlock Alien to present the benefits of the new project in musical form.
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Keeping Chipper
You might have thought the RIBA would be only too happy to lend the Florence Hall to the Stirling prizewinner, especally on a Monday night — but no.
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OpinionWhat’s afoot?
Zaha Hadid is to join Jordan, Coleen McLoughlin and Jade Goody in being the latest celeb to launch her own perfume range.
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OpinionNot-so-Koolhaas
If, like Boots, you are a keen reader of the glamorous quarterly, Fantastic Man, you will have been particularly struck by the latest issue where Rem Koolhaas is profiled in one of the most hair-raisingly candid interviews with an architect ever committed to print.
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Busy busy busy
You may think that Design for London’s high-powered advisory group had vital issues like the capital’s future direction to discuss, but it seems not.
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Bar starved
Someone should tell the RIBA that, when arranging a party, it’s always a good idea to ensure your guests can get a drink.
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Absent friends
The RIBA president Sunand Prasad felt he had to explain why some guests were missing on Saturday night including Tessa Blackstone, head of the RIBA Trust, which, as Boots has reported, was at the wedding of her son, Ben Evans, to Amanda Levete.
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Under the skin
It appears that visitors to Zaha Hadid’s Maggie’s Centre in Kirkcaldy have been so startled by its arresting appearance that they’ve reversed into it, causing unsightly damage.
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Noises off
The launch party for David Chipperfield’s new BBC HQ on Glasgow’s Clydeside was riotous — as anyone watching BBC1 in Scotland that night will tell you.
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Loss leaders
Googling Stephen George & Partners, winners of BD’s prestigious Carbuncle Cup 2007, produces the following search result: “Stephen George & Partners are the leading Architects in the UK, successful in masterplanning, urban regeneration, commercial, retail, leisure...”.
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OpinionWhat on Earth?
While the armies and navies of the world have never been fans of Google Earth, the US Navy has further reason to curse its revealing satellite maps, which show that its California barracks resemble a giant swastika.
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Cold turkey
Philip Johnson’s seminal Glass House in Connecticut has finally opened its doors to the public. But visitors to the 1948 scheme may be surprised by some recent additions to the grounds.